Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Wine Sales Growth

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  Last week's blog post said wine sales seem to be leveling off based on results from Silicon Valley Bank. Here's a deeper look. ...
Monday, January 29, 2018

Making Wine for the People (and Hitting a Moving Target)

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People who grow wine grapes and make wine, and even those in the marketing side, are constantly aiming for a moving target. Along with that ...
Friday, January 26, 2018

The Struggle is Real :)

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Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Sparkling Wines in the U.S.

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Sparkling wines are the fastest growing segment of the U.S. wine market. In the last few years America discovered Prosecco, an inexpensive...
Monday, January 22, 2018

Wine Sales Leveling Off

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It couldn't keep going like that forever. Every year since 2009's negative growth during the recession U.S. winery sales have averag...
Friday, January 19, 2018

Sangiovese - A Food-Friendly Wine

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Sangiovese (san joh vaze ay) is Italy's most popular wine grape and the Italians know a thing or two about putting food and wine togethe...
Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Organic vs Biodynamic vs Sustainable vs Natural Wine

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As if buying a bottle of wine isn't confusing enough with trying to interpret what's on the front label especially on many imported ...
Monday, January 15, 2018

Calories in Your Glass of Wine

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Among the flurry of studies telling you the health benefits of wine it still comes down to the fact that it's an alcoholic beverage. You...
Friday, January 12, 2018

Favorite Places to Visit in Sonoma County

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Following up on favorite wineries and restaurants here are places that fall under the "other" category.
Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Favorite Santa Rosa, Sonoma County Restaurants

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Coming after the last post on favorite wineries is favorite restaurants. I've stuck to the town of Santa Rosa in Sonoma County as that...
Monday, January 8, 2018

Favorite Sonoma (and nearby) Wineries

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Well heck, after years of writing this blog I've never actually listed my favs from the area. Will they be close to yours? Probably not....
Friday, January 5, 2018

2017 The Year in Beer

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Per the Brewers Association (whose job it is to promote independent craft brewers) there are now over 6,000 breweries in the U.S. That's...